"It's been liberating to be able to play someone who's a badass or promiscuous because that's the opposite of who I am It's like a drug. I don't have to be a boss; I don't have to be a wife; I don't have to be a sister," Alba told 2014March issue of Nylon magazine.

"Before I was so fearful of failure and judgment that I was scared to put myself out there. You don't have to be a robot, you don't have to be appropriate all the time," she said.